“. . . (S)omething is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings.
All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand
years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it”
(Thornton Wilder)

In this
course, we will examine some clinical cases, their origins and development,
their neural processes, brain-mind and neuro-social interactions.

We will
look into important for any psychotherapist and psychoanalyst processes of
neuroplasticity and neurointegration as the main processes, which drive one’s
states of health and disease. We will look into connections of human brain’s
anatomy (which is very specific to our species) with the wholesome and creative
functioning of the mind (which differs from one individual to another).

This
course will include previously scheduled workshop:How
the Brain Tricks the Mind: Alien hand syndrome, Tourette’s, Capgras, Cotard
Syndromes, and many more.

The
intention [of this project] is to furnish a psychology that shall be a natural
science.
~
S. Freud, 1895, Project for a Scientific Psychology

I am
tormented by two aims: to examine what shape the theory of mental functioning
takes if one introduces quantitative consideration, a sort of economics of nerve
forces; and, second, to peel off from psychopathology a gain for normal
psychology.
~
S. Freud, 1895, Letter to W. Fliess

He who
has eyes to see and ears to hear becomes convinced that mortals can keep no
secret. If their lips are silent, they gossip with their fingertips; betrayal
forces itself through every pore.
~
S. Freud, 1905, The Case of Hysteria.

The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets
that will determine the future of the human race.
~Wilder Penfield-The
Second Career, 1963

Significance of understanding of neurobiology for those who dedicate their
professional life to psychoanalysis was recognized by neurologist/
neuropathologist Sigmund Freud at the very birth of this profession. One can be
fascinated how (without PET scans and fMRIs) he could picture the structure of
the mind, while having not very sophisticated fish brains at hand.

The theory
of mind and brain mapping started by Freud evolved into different merging areas
of interest, such as social neurology, evolutionary neuroscience, interpersonal
neuroscience, mindfulness, neuropsychoanalysis, etc., etc.

In this
course, we will become acquainted with brain-mind connections, with neural
processes involved in memory, emotions, and social interactions. We will look
into neural and neurophysiological processes of attachment, trauma, plasticity,
and integration (“What fires together – wires together!”).

We will
look into connections of human brain’s anatomy (which is very specific to our
species) with the wholesome and creative functioning of the mind (which differs
from one individual to another).

Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (Training
Foundation) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit educational organization. EIN # 133697333.
Your donations are tax-deductible, while they help tremendously to keep down the
costs of our training and to continue to offer free educational activities and
events.